The Shemwell Family

John Foster1925

Name
John Foster
Given names
John
Surname
Foster
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
MarriageAnna Elisabeth “Annie” FosterView this family
about 1905
Birth of a son
#1
Ellis William Foster
October 9, 1906
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918

Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I
Historical Event
Spanish Influenza Epidemic
1918

Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/
Death before 1925
Note: He was listed as "John Foster" and Deceased in his son's (Ellis Foster) 1925 Marriage Application.
Family with Anna Elisabeth “Annie” Foster - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: about 1905Pennsylvania, United States
21 months
son
Ellis William Foster
Birth: October 9, 1906 19Centralia, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: December 26, 1963Cressona, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States
William Henry Levan + Anna Elisabeth “Annie” Foster - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
step-daughter
Anna Ellen Levan
Birth: October 12, 1911 27 24Pennsylvania, United States
Death: September 1983Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States
4 years
step-son
Wesley J Levan
Birth: 1915 31 28Pennsylvania, United States
Death: 1965Pennsylvania, United States
23 months
step-daughter
Blanche V Levan
Birth: December 16, 1916 32 30Pennsylvania, United States
Death: April 1, 1974Pennsylvania, United States
23 months
step-son
Charles E Levan
Birth: November 2, 1918 34 31Pennsylvania, United States
Death: February 19, 2006Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States
22 months
step-daughter
Alma M Levan
Birth: September 10, 1920 36 33Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: April 25, 2010Hummelstown, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States
2 years
step-son
Marlin H Levan
Birth: December 26, 1922 38 36Newlin, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: September 21, 1949North Manheim, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States
3 years
step-son
Clair L Levan
Birth: May 26, 1926 42 39Pennsylvania, United States
Death: February 7, 2016Pennsylvania, United States
step-daughter
Private

No family available

Death
He was listed as "John Foster" and Deceased in his son's (Ellis Foster) 1925 Marriage Application.